5th Edition

Facilities Design

By Sunderesh S. Heragu Copyright 2022
726 Pages 383 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

726 Pages 383 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

726 Pages 383 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Dedicated to the proper design, layout, and location of facilities, this definitive textbook outlines the main design and operational problems that occur in manufacturing and service systems, explains the significance of facility design and planning problems, and describes how mathematical models can be used to help analyze and solve them. Combining theory with practice, this revised textbook... Read more
1. Introduction to Facility Design 2. Supply Chain Design 3. Logistics and Location Models 4. Advanced Location and Routing Models 5. Aggregate Production Planning 6. Product and Equipment Analysis 7. Process and Material Flow Analysis 8. Introduction to Facility Layout 9. Basic Algorithms and Software for the Layout Problem 10. Group Technology and Facilities Layout 11. Modeling of Design Problems in Facility Logistics 12. Advanced Algorithms for the Layout Problem 13. Material Handling 14. Storage and Warehousing 15. Introduction to Queuing, Queuing Network, and Simulation Modeling

Biography

Sunderesh S. Heragu is the Regents Professor and Head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University where he also holds the Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair. He completed his B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering at Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, India (affiliated with the University of Mysore), MBA at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and Ph.D in Industrial Engineering at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

His current research interests are in multi-modal transportation systems, in the development of real-time decision support systems for emergency preparedness for the healthcare and public health and emergency service sectors, modeling and analysis of drive-through mass vaccination clinic, supply chain management, design of next generation factory layouts, intelligent agent modeling of automated warehouse systems, application of RFID technology to improve intra-plant and inter-plant logistics, and integration of design and planning activities in advanced logistical systems.